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mm So what is the volley?

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Well let me explain Diwali or
Deepavali is the hindu festival of

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light and it's celebrated on the
night of the new moon preceding

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the hindu month of Kartika Now
because it is a lunar holiday,

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the date changes.

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It ranges from late october to
mid november and it is the

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largest celebration in India and
generally it signifies victory

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of good over evil of knowledge
over ignorance and hope over

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despair. Jibali is a joyous
festival.

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Some might even consider it the
biggest and grandest holiday in

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the very long list of holidays
that make up the hindu calendar.

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The festival is celebrated in an
Orthodox fashion over five days

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but most Hindus are focused on
the day of luxury puka and luxury

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pooja is the third day
celebrating Diwali really varies quite a

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bit from region to region,

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from denominational or
theological tradition to tradition.

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Um even family to family.

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I sometimes like to say you know
if you get three Hindus

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together you'll have at least
five different ways of celebrating

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the volley.

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And what people will do is they
will post worship services at

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their homes for and they'll go
to the couples and then they will

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distribute sweets with their
friends with their neighbors for

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their coffers colleagues.

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Duvally in particular is a
celebration that is very much about

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open doors and open minds and
open hearts.

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They're establishing friendships
there.

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In fact thinking about the
sweetness of life and letting any

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bygones be bygones let loose any
of the bitterness that may have

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existed or any misgivings.

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So it's a very communal
celebration and it's full of joy.

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They like fireworks. Yeah.

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There is an extension and an
invitation to our non hindu

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neighbors to join in the
celebration to join in the fun but also

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to join in. The opportunity for
spiritual reflection.

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And Duvally derives its name
from the clay oil lamps called the

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DEA. And Diaz are handcrafted
little cups.

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They have a flattened rim and
they're decorated in bright colors

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and they're filled with oil and
in India families will place

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these ideas and rows along their
foundations or on their

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balconies. Life becomes a really
central theme in the valley and

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specifically the triumph of
light over darkness.

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I think many faith traditions
have festivals of lights or that

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involved light during these
darker colder months in the Northern

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hemisphere.

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And the valley is one of those
in a way it's a reminder that we

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will make it through these dark
times.

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We can come together and we can
bring the light within ourselves

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to each other to bring joy to
each other in community.

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So we wish each other should be
volley which means um may this

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coming together of light be
auspicious.

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May actually be a time of
sweetness and friendship well being

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and prosperity as you like
within and around your home nurse.

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You're always in a way so that
you may be a source of joy

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radiance and knowledge in this
world way way mm